Manage security and authorization

Security, access control, and sensitive secret handling are incredibly important when handling any sort of sensitive data. This section provides information about managing the security of your InfluxDB instance.

Enable TLS encryption

Enable Transport Layer Security (TLS) and use the HTTPS protocol to secure communication between clients and InfluxDB.

Store and use secrets

Use BoltDB or Vault to store secrets for InfluxDB.

Manage authentication tokens

Manage authentication tokens in InfluxDB using the InfluxDB UI or the influx CLI.

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